When I first set up the GPU client under Wine, it seemed to work pretty well, a few WUs were completed, however it started to be that in between WUs there would be no server available to download from. Now it's like that constantly. It's been a while since I've completed a WU. I've tried restarting the client, re-installing, but still it won't download anything.

[11:16:15] - Ask before connecting: No[11:16:15] - User name: Stonecold1995 (Team 0)[11:16:15] - User ID: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[11:16:15] - Machine ID: 2[11:16:15] [11:16:15] Gpu type=2 species=11.[11:16:15] Loaded queue successfully.[11:16:15] - Preparing to get new work unit...[11:16:15] Cleaning up work directory[11:16:15] + Attempting to get work packet[11:16:15] Passkey found[11:16:15] - Will indicate memory of 1882 MB[11:16:15] Gpu type=2 species=11.[11:16:15] - Detect CPU. Vendor: GenuineIntel, Family: 6, Model: 10, Stepping: 5[11:16:15] - Connecting to assignment server[11:16:15] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/- Autosending finished units... [March 5 11:16:15 UTC][11:16:15] Trying to send all finished work units[11:16:15] + No unsent completed units remaining.[11:16:15] - Autosend completed[11:16:16] Posted data.[11:16:16] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.[11:16:16] + Couldn't get work instructions.[11:16:16] - Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do.Waiting before retry.[11:16:33] + Attempting to get work packet[11:16:33] Passkey found[11:16:33] - Will indicate memory of 1882 MB[11:16:33] Gpu type=2 species=11.[11:16:33] - Connecting to assignment server[11:16:33] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/[11:16:33] Posted data.[11:16:33] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.[11:16:33] + Couldn't get work instructions.[11:16:33] - Attempt #2 to get work failed, and no other work to do.Waiting before retry.[11:16:46] + Attempting to get work packet[11:16:46] Passkey found[11:16:46] - Will indicate memory of 1882 MB[11:16:46] Gpu type=2 species=11.[11:16:46] - Connecting to assignment server[11:16:46] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/[11:16:46] Posted data.[11:16:46] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.[11:16:46] + Couldn't get work instructions.[11:16:46] - Attempt #3 to get work failed, and no other work to do.Waiting before retry.[11:17:20] + Attempting to get work packet[11:17:20] Passkey found[11:17:20] - Will indicate memory of 1882 MB[11:17:20] Gpu type=2 species=11.[11:17:20] - Connecting to assignment server[11:17:20] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/[11:17:21] Posted data.[11:17:21] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.[11:17:21] + Couldn't get work instructions.[11:17:21] - Attempt #4 to get work failed, and no other work to do.Waiting before retry.[11:18:13] + Attempting to get work packet[11:18:13] Passkey found[11:18:13] - Will indicate memory of 1882 MB[11:18:13] Gpu type=2 species=11.[11:18:13] - Connecting to assignment server[11:18:13] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/[11:18:13] Posted data.[11:18:13] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.[11:18:13] + Couldn't get work instructions.[11:18:13] - Attempt #5 to get work failed, and no other work to do.Waiting before retry.[11:19:45] + Attempting to get work packet[11:19:45] Passkey found[11:19:45] - Will indicate memory of 1882 MB[11:19:45] Gpu type=2 species=11.[11:19:45] - Connecting to assignment server[11:19:45] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/[11:19:45] Posted data.[11:19:45] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.[11:19:45] + Couldn't get work instructions.[11:19:45] - Attempt #6 to get work failed, and no other work to do.Waiting before retry.

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[23:16:16] - Autosending finished units... [March 6 23:16:16 UTC][23:16:16] Trying to send all finished work units[23:16:16] + No unsent completed units remaining.[23:16:16] - Autosend completed[00:00:51] + Attempting to get work packet[00:00:51] Passkey found[00:00:51] - Will indicate memory of 1882 MB[00:00:51] Gpu type=2 species=11.[00:00:51] - Connecting to assignment server[00:00:51] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/[00:00:51] Posted data.[00:00:51] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.[00:00:51] + Couldn't get work instructions.[00:00:51] - Attempt #55 to get work failed, and no other work to do.Waiting before retry.

The client is designed to automatically "try again in a bit." As WUs that have been completed are returned, new WUs are created -- but the total number in circulation doesn't change.

When somebody dumps a WU, it will not be assigned to anyone else until it expires. As projects that have been running on a particular hardware platform approach completion, they are often replaced by projects for newer hardware. Of course if a key server is having trouble, there are less WUs available.

The G80 generation of GPUs is getting pretty long-in-the-tooth. That may mean that there will gradually be more frequent times when no WUs are available to be assigned.

FahCore_11 for AMD/ATI has been deprecated although it's still being used by the G80 series. Stanford is putting more and more of their efforts into creating newer cores.

PantherX wrote:In your log, you have the following:Gpu type=2 species=11.Which is correct for a Non-Fermi GPU. However, in your profile, you have mentioned GTX 675M so am not sure what GPU you are using.

The 675M is for my laptop. What I'm trying to get to work is my XPS desktop. It's the one with two GeForce GTS 240 GPUs. It's running headless Debian with Wine 1.0.1.

It can be really difficult to get things working when there is more than one layer of problem. Especially as I think deleting the files is a workaround rather than a cure -- no-one seems to have suggested what causes the problem in the files that stops the downloads in the first place. I'm just curious, I suppose, and concerned that we're masking something else that needs fixing. A second, simultaneous problem at Stanford (if that's what is happening) makes diagnosis almost impossible.